cornholio2
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Originally posted by: Baaru
If I've read everything correctly, the 3800 San Diego combined with the a8n-e should boot up, BUT i'll just have to update the bios in the an8 in order for the mobo to recognize the CPU correctly? Is this correct?
I've looked at the 3500 venice, but since I had already set aside cash for the 3800 Newcastle, switching over to the 3700 san diego should not be so hard.
this is what my final rig should look like:
amd athlon 64 3700+ 90nm Rev. E ADA3700BN** socket 939 $334 oem $354 Box Monarch
Seasonic S12 430W around $99 eWiz
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA NCQ ST380017AS 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $65 NEWEGG
Model #: ST380817AS
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $132.00 NEWEGG
Model #: A8N-E
THERMALTAKE VB1000BNS Black Steel/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $75.49 NEWEGG
Model #: VB1000BNS
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200XL - Retail
Model #: TWINX1024-3200XL $199.00 NewEgg
Leadtek PX6800GT TDH Geforce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x16 Video Card - Retail $399.00 NEWGG
Model #: PX6800-GTTDH
What do ya guys think?
Update us if your able to boot and update using San Diego on this mobo.